Archive for the ‘Sales’ Category

The Power of Networking

Friday, April 30th, 2010

Attended a session on networking at a women’s business event yesterday, so the following guest blog from Gina Abudi is particularly timely for me – some great recommendations. Thanks Gina! (more…)

So you’ve got something, but you don’t want to sell it to me?

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

Recently my husband went to the movie theatre to buy some tickets that we were going to give to some people who had helped us out recently. He wanted 8 tickets. The theatre said “no, sorry – we only (more…)

Set realistic – and specific – targets to protect your budget

Friday, February 12th, 2010

Many of you have probably been at goal-setting seminars or workshops where the leader will pose a question like: “Would you like to make more money?,” and, of course, everybody nods or raises their hand. Then the leader will approach a workshop participant and (more…)

Should you be forthright about your pricing?

Saturday, October 17th, 2009

A recent LinkedIn question resonated with me – “Why don’t people like to talk about pricing UPFRONT?” Why indeed?

Have you ever been frustrated when trying to make a purchase decision because you can’t get pricing information from coy salespeople or cryptic web sites? In my opinion, (more…)